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Jay Bonansinga, The Sinking of the Eastland.
America's 'forgotten tragedy'--the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, in which 844 people were crushed and drowned in full view of thousands of bystanders--is vividly told for the first time by award-winning writer and bestselling author Jay Bonansinga.

Maureen McLane reveals her free-ranging poetic vision in her National Book Award Finalist, This Blue.
2014 National Book Award Finalist in Poetry and 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist in Autobiography Maureen McClane reads and talks about six poems from her NBA Finalist, This Blue.

Aaron Bobrow-Strain offers a cautionary tale of how food activism run amock gave rise to White Bread.
Food activist and artisanal bread maker Aaron Bobrow-Strain tells the cautionary tale of how well-meaning food activists set the table for factory-made white bread.

Cory Doctorow weighs-in on utopia, gamers and gaming, digital rights and sci-fi meaning in real life.
Canadian-born blogger, journalist, common copyright activist, and award-winning science fiction author Cory Doctorow introduces his new graphic sci-fi novel, In Real Life, and weighs in on everything from gut flora to gold farming games and the internet.